Africa in Black Liberation Activism

This book analyzes three of the most accomplished twentieth century black diaspora activists: Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael and Walter Rodney. The book illuminates shared attributes and differences, presenting these men as unified by a struggle against, and resistance to, shared historical and cultural challenges.

Tunde Adeleke is Professor and the Director of the African and African American Studies Program at Iowa State University, USA.

Introduction: Africa and the Black American Struggle: Historical Contexts 1. Malcolm X: Africa and the Struggle for Black Empowerment 2. Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture): Existentialist African 3. Walter A. Rodney: Guerilla Intellectual Conclusion: "Sine Qua Non": Mother Africa